Attachment P - Initial Letter for Privates

MEPS-L0P
Draft (03-06-2025)

Reference ID:

DC

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. Census Bureau
Office of the Director
Washington, DC 20233-0001

A Message from the Acting Director, U.S. Census Bureau:
The Census Bureau and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) are requesng your cooperaon with
preparing for the 2025 Health Insurance Cost Study, the Insurance Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
(MEPS-IC). In June, you will receive information on how to access the 2025 Health Insurance Cost Study.
The location below has been selected to participate.

Please provide the contact informaon of the person who is most knowledgeable about health benefits offered by your
organization by visiting: https://respond.census.gov/econcontact or scan the QR code below:

If your organization did not offer health insurance, we still need your response. Please complete this pre-canvass and
you will not be contacted again for the 2025 Health Insurance Cost Study.
YOUR RESPONSE WILL BE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. Information about the authority, confidentiality, and burden of
this pre-canvass can be found on the back of this letter.
Healthcare costs are an important issue in the United States. Policymakers and researchers rely on current informaon
to guide our Naon’s healthcare system. Your participation makes this possible. Learn more about this survey by vising
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) site at:
https://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/survey_comp/Insurance.jsp.
For assistance, please call our customer helpline at 1-888-273-3878, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern
Time (ET).
Thank you in advance for your time and participation, and for helping the U.S. Census Bureau measure America’s people
SCAN ME!
and economy.

Ron S. Jarmin
Acng Director

Watch this video to learn
about the MEPS-IC.

census.gov

MEPS-L0P
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OMB Number
This collection has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The eight-digit OMB approval
number is 0935-0110 and appears at the upper right of the survey form/login screen. Without this approval, we could
not conduct this survey.
Authority and Confidenality
Title 13, United States Code, Section 8(b), and Section 913 of the Public Health Service Act (Title 42, United States Code,
Section 299b-2(a)) authorize the U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Health and Human Services to conduct this
collection and to request your voluntary assistance. The U.S. Census Bureau is required by Title 13, United States Code,
Section 9, to keep your information confidential and can use your responses only to produce statistics. The U.S. Census
Bureau is not permitted to publicly release your responses in a way that could identify your business, organization, or
institution. Per the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, your data are protected from cybersecurity risks
through screening of the systems that transmit your data.
Burden Esmate Statement
We estimate this pre-canvass will take 3-5 minutes, on average, to complete.